Sam graduated from Seattle Central College in 2003 with an Associate of Applied Science in Film and Video Communications. After completing his education, he worked as a bartender at Lake Wilderness Golf Course, where he met a regular customer, Thom Doty, who would later become a key figure in his film career. During his time at the golf course, Sam wrote the script for "Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h" for Doty, and with the help of his friends, he raised $50,000 to fund the production of the film. The film was later sold at the Marche du Cannes by Shoreline Entertainment under the revised title "Ca$h".
After the success of "Ca$h", Sam met Slovenian director Mitja Okorn at the festival, and the two began collaborating on several projects. In 2010, Sam wrote the screenplay for "Listy do M." (Letters to Santa) for Okorn and Polish network TVN, based on a preexisting screenplay by Marcin Baczynski and Karolina Szablewska. The film was released theatrically in 2011 and became the highest-grossing film in Poland of the previous twenty years.
Sam, along with his creative partner Jules Jones, formed the production company Attackships On Fire and began producing commercials for brands such as Dell Technologies. He continued to collaborate with Okorn, and in 2015, Sam and Jones co-wrote the screenplay for "Planeta Singli" (Planet Single) for Okorn and Gigant Films. The film was released theatrically in 2016 and became the 2nd highest-grossing film of that year.
Following the success of "Planet Single", Sam and Jones entered into an agreement with Gigant Films to co-write the sequels, which would shoot back-to-back in 2018. After a trip to Poland in the summer of 2017, Sam was offered the position of director on "Planet Single 2", and later agreed to co-direct "Planet Single 3" with producer Michal Chacinski. Both films were released within three months of each other. "Planet Single 2" became the 3rd highest-grossing film in Poland of 2018, beating out "Avengers: Infinity War", while "Planet Single 3" became Poland's 6th highest-grossing film of 2019, behind "Avengers: End Game".
Sam co-wrote and directed "Mayday" in 2019, which released theatrically on January 10th, 2020. It became the 3rd highest-grossing film in Poland in 2020.
